Improvement in harness for horses



ahead' time esta aan.

JOHN PALEN, orf LoeKPoRfr, assieuoajro NA New YORK;

` Letter@ Patent No. 97,7 99, dated December 14, 1869.

MRQVMENT IN HARNESS FOR HORSES.

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The clhedulegrldferred to in these Letters Patent: and making part of the same .To all whom 'it may concern: v t

Be it knownthat I, J OHN PALEN, of Lockport, in

the county of Niagara,and State of New York, ast signor to Nathan T.4 Healy, cf Medina, New York,

have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Harness for Horses, of which the followingis a specitiation.

" My invention relates to that part of the harness known as the neck-strap, which goes over the neck or ihre-shoulders of a horse, the two lower ends being fastened to thebreast-plate or collar, of which the tugs are a continuation; and consists in forming said neckstrap of a single length, extending down nearly to the breast-collar, and connected therewith `by side-straps,`

secured to the breast-collar, and passing up through i loops to the top of the neck-strap, where they are secured, by a single buckle, at the apex, by which means the buckles ordinarily used onj the sidesl are avoided,

and the consequent catchingof the reins, mane, and

whip obvated.

In` the drawingsi t Figure 1 is a perspective Yview `of my improvement, in about the position it occupies inv use. Figure 2 is a plan. A is the main part of lche neck-strap, made of leather, which lies on the neck and shoulders of the horse, and

y 4a a, the two smaller side-straps, secured to breast-plate G, and passing up through loops b b, and made to ad` `just higher or lower, by means of a single buckle, B,

which comes at the top of the neck of the horse, and' in the centreof the strap itself, thus beihg out of the way of the mane, and, what is of more importance still/doing away with 'the buckles which are usually placed on the sides of neck-straps, and which are continually catching the mane, the net, the whip-lash, or the hitch-strap.

THAN T. HEALY, or M EDHIA,

By thus dispensing with the side buckles, I not/only avoid catching the reinsand other parts, but my de- `vice is stronger than the old style, and much neat-er and plainer in appearance, and its advantages will at once commend it to horsemen and others.

The construction and arrangement of lthe neckstrap, as herein described, the same consisting of the length A, passing over the horses shoulders, andthe side-straps a a, attached to the breast-plate or collar, 4passing up through loops, and received at the topvby a single buckle, or any other device, whereby sidebuckles are dispensed with, substantially as set forth. In witness whereof, I have hereunto signed my name,

in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

f JOHN PALEN.

Witnesses N. T. HEALY, WM. B. WARREN.I 

